Race, ethnicity, and power in Ecuador
Subtitle: the manipulation of "mestizaje"
By: by Karem Roitman.
Publisher: FirstForumPress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781935049074
Subjects: Mestizaje -- Ecuador; Elite (Social sciences) -- Ecuador; Upper class -- Ecuador; Race discrimination -- Ecuador; Ecuador -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foxes and lions : studying the upper classes; title: Constructing identities : the 2001 national census; title: Economy, etiquette, and ethnicity : defining Ecuadorian elites; title: The Mestizo and the "other" : ethnic narratives in Ecuador; title: The port and mestizaje : ethnic narratives in Guayaquil; title: Learning mestizaje : ethnic narratives in Quito; title: Ethnic narratives and socioeconomic development; title: Responsibility and change.